Pekre Explained

Official Name:Pekre
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Styria
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Drava
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Maribor
Area Total Km2:5.1
Population As Of:2021
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:1464
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.5438°N 15.5917°W
Elevation M:317.9
Footnotes:[2]

Pekre (pronounced as /sl/) is a settlement southwest of Maribor in northeastern Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Maribor.[3]

The local landmark is the church on top of a small hill to the east of the main settlement. It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows and was built as a pilgrimage church between 1832 and 1835. There are also four small chapel-shrines along the road leading up to the church.[4]

The first military clash between the Yugoslav People's Army and the Slovenian Territorial Defence in Slovenia's war of independence happened in Pekre on 23 May 1991.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prebivalstvo po naseljih, podrobni podatki, Slovenija, 1. januar 2021 . stat.si . 12 May 2022 . sl.
  2. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  3. http://www.maribor.si Maribor municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
  5. News: 20. obletnica pekrskih dogodkov . 20th Anniversary of the Pekre Events - the Introduction to the Independence War . MMC RTV Slovenia . 21 May 2011.